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Decision

The happiness on her face was so evident. She still could not get how her parents needed so much time to approve of him. Couldn’t they see how sincere, how genuinely caring he was? But, it was fine. They had eventually agreed to their marriage. She would not hold any grudges against them anymore. She was on top of the world. Nothing could dampen her spirits now! It was her wedding day.

Her parents did not look quite thrilled, but she was happy that they had atleast agreed to be a part of the ceremony. She was dressed in a lovely traditional yellow saree with a magenta border for the wedding. Everyone who’d talked to her that day, could not stop commenting on how pretty she looked and how the colour really flattered her skin. And happy she totally was. After arguing with the parents, and having so many fights ever since they had started going out, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She had not wanted to run away from her family for the marriage, she was ready to wait till they were ready and the day was here after a very long wait.

After the wedding, life was good too. Her in-laws nagged her about getting them a grandson, but she did not worry too much about it. It was only after it started changing her husband’s behaviour did she take any notice. And when he started to question her about it too, she realised things weren’t as rosy as they seemed. She had been blind in her love for him, too blind to realise he had never stood up for her. The initial courtship was the happy-happy period, she would not have been able to see through him, even if she’d tried. And after that, all her energy was focused on getting her parents to agree to the match. When she moved in with his family after the marriage, she thought the troubles she was having were just adjustment issues and things would resolve as they got used to each other. She still had hope that after having a grandchild, things would go back to normal. After all who doesn’t adore a cute little baby, especially people who had been nagging to get one in this world, for a long time. But how wrong she was!

It started with her in-laws not coming to visit her after delivery. She gave them the benefit of doubt. But, when her husband entered the room, with a long face, and the moment he blamed her for giving him a girl child, the illusions completely dispelled. That was the last straw. She could tolerate them being harsh and unfair towards her, but it was unbelievable that they would do this to the innocent baby who was born just a couple of hours ago. It was just not done! How could they even think about such discrimination? And that was when she made her decision to walk out from her husband’s house.
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A tear dropped from her moist eyes on the faded wedding photograph that had made her nostalgic. As she went through her old wedding album, she smiled wistfully, looking at her parents’ photo, imagining how different life would have been had they taken the decision for her. But that was okay, her life did not turn out as bad as they had predicted either. Her baby was going to be a doctor, she just wished her husband would have been there to see and rejoice their little girl’s big achievement.

power packed story 😀
I actually know someone who faced a similar scenario with one small (yet massive) difference that their marriage involved domestic violence besides everything that you mentioned in your story.

Wow girl.. like each time yu floored me… loved the fact that the mother and the daughter grew up to realise that life depends on the decision we take for ourselves and not on the decisions we wait for others to take for us 😀 .. good going hun…